
“Did you love Annie right away, Finnick?”
“No.” A long time passes before he adds,”She crept up on me.” (x)
The Hunger Games

I have the same reaction I did the day Effie Trinket called her name at the reaping. At least, I must go limp, because I find myself at the base of the flagpole, unable to account for the last few seconds. Then I am pushing through the crowd, just as I did before. Trying to shout her name above the roar. I’m almost there, almost to the barricade, when I think she hears me. Because just for a moment, she catches sight of me, her lips form my name.
And that’s when the rest of the parachutes go off.